Location-based services like reminders, electronic graffiti, and tourist guides normally require a custom, location-sensitive database that must be custom-tailored for the applicat...
There are many technologies for distributed processing/interoperation, including CORBA, DCE, DCOM, Enterprise Java Beans, Java IDL, JDBC, etc. Most promising, is the emergence of ...
Steven A. Demurjian, T. C. Ting, J. Balthazar, H. ...
Shortest path search in transportation networks is unarguably one of the most important online search services nowadays (e.g., Google Maps, MapQuest, etc), with applications spanni...
Multi-channel information systems involve data redundancy, which, in turn, requires the implementation of synchronization mechanisms among overlapping databases. This need for peri...
Cinzia Cappiello, Chiara Francalanci, Barbara Pern...
—For a service to be used in a commercial setting, certain service delivery functions such as monitoring, billing, authentication, etc need to be packaged with the service. Becau...
Muhammad Adeel Talib, Alan W. Colman, Jun Han, Jus...